The president of the Austrian Islamic Religious Community (IGGiÖ), Anas Schakfeh, has been awarded the gold medal for public service to the federal state of Vienna. Thomas Oliva, chairman of the Vienna Immigration Commission, called Schakfeh a “role model,” while Michael Häupl, mayor of Vienna, thanked him for his help in the smooth cooperation between…
Just a few days after the government and Danish People’s Party presented a new law for foreigners in Denmark – a much debated system of obtaining points in order to get a permanent permit of residence – the bill seems to run into problems. According to the bill a foreigner will need to obtain a…
An Amsterdam has established an online sex shop catering to Muslims. Abdelaziz Aouragh (29) is an orthodox Muslim, and consulted an imam regarding the permissibility of trading in sex products before launching his site. El Asira calls itself “the first Islamic online webshop for sex articles and care products”, and its online store should be…
Artist John van der Dong has created a Post Office Box to receive messages addressed to Allah in the Netherlands. The artist’s previous work includes establishing a hotline at which over 25,000 people left telephone messages to God. Van der Dong intends to keep the letters from his current project unopened and says he will…
Nawar Shora, the legal director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee is going to join Transportation Security Administration (TSA) as a senior advisor in the TSA office of civil rights and liberties. Mr. Shora, 33, has been working on the issue of security abuses against minorities since the attacks of September 11, 2001. Originally from Syria,…
